I was recently asked to participate in a working group called the Community Seed Network, which is a collective of seed savers from across North America who are engaged in sharing seeds rather than selling them.

The seeds must be passed down to the next generation just as the Moucks passed them to the Sisters for stewardship. But how can this happen? Who is able to take on an entire collection of living seeds, grow them out under the right, local conditions and take the time to sort and store them each separately, managing population sizes and pollination?